Posted By:
Adam J. Baxter
Sorry Scott, I got a bit off-track on my response with the "wild" comment. I think I was confusing my response with another Old Judge issue I have brimming in my head about N172 references. I think what I meant to say was that I would only be concerned that new collectors would view the reprints as being dimensionally accurate to the real ones, even though the reprints would be oversized or something like that. Have I been drinking? I don't remember where the hell I was going with that. I don't really have any problem with reprints as long as they can't be easily manipulated for fraud by an unscrupulous seller. I think the fact that your willing to ask the opinions of other collectors first, before going ahead with the project wether we all support it or not, does count for something. There are quite a few reprint sets out there of various issues and there is always the danger that new collectors could be fooled into purchasing reprints thinking they're the real thing. However, if you make serious efforts to make the reprints easily distinguishable from the originals and difficult to alter, then I don't think the set would be problematic for the hobby. I also don't think reprints necessarily (sic) threaten the value of legitimate cards. God, I hope this is coherent.